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By: theorywatch » Blog Archive » And some non-millionaire bloggers

theorywatch » Blog Archive » And some non-millionaire bloggers — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:41:10 +0000

[...] himself is now apparently willing to share his ideas through blogging…. though, perhaps, as K.G. Schneider points out. a little too obviously encouraged by the Britannica marketing folks in a clever [...]

By: Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:00:07 +0000

Ah, yes — I missed that part in the Britannica trying-to-drum-up-traffic e-mail that you received. (Don’t yell at me, please, I know it was in the first sentence of the e-mail. )

By: kgs

kgs — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:23:23 +0000

go, danah, go!

By: kgs

kgs — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:22:50 +0000

He promises three, and if you can believe this, I hear there are more than that!

By: Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:17:43 +0000

There is a part 3 to Gorman's blogging career? His author page only lists two. Was there a third one there earlier and it was pulled? (For what it's worth, Clay Shirky takes Gorman to task.)

By: zephoria

zephoria — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:17:37 +0000

::blush::

By: down the drain « booktruck.org

down the drain « booktruck.org — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:01:50 +0000

[...] Everyone and everyone who blogs about libraries has been talking about Michael Gorman’s blazes on the Britannica blog, and about some weird public blog dissing at NASIG. Okaaay. I think it’s because it’s the same old debate, floated for the millionth time. [...]

By: kgs

kgs — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:22:12 +0000

Jonathan, I concur. It’s not only important work, but it’s interesting as well.

By: Jonathan Rochkind

Jonathan Rochkind — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:41:17 +0000

To me, this middle ground between the Web 2.0 fetishists (Get rid of authority! Computer processing is all we need! Get rid of expertise! Use contribution is all we need) and the head-in-the-sand traditionalists (everything is Just Fine in library world. What we do works great! All we need is more of it, the only problem is our lack of budget, and the only solution is more budget–I insist wikipedia is completely useless, even as I use it every day myself!)

—that middle ground is exactly the place I think libraries as a sector SHOULD be staking out, and the ground I try to stake out myself.

I think all us sensible need to try staking out and definining this reasonable middle ground against those two ridiculous extremes (one of which can be found inside and outside the library world, the other of which is unique to the library world).

By: Web 2.0 vs Michael Gorman « JPLL 2.0

Web 2.0 vs Michael Gorman « JPLL 2.0 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:18:06 +0000

[...] Karen Schneider’s response [...]